Ancient Fern color palette — #D5F1E8 · #6E675E · #435600 · #101C1B · #000803

A conversation between Deep Olive and Honeydew, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D5F1E8): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Pewter (#6E675E): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Deep Olive (#435600): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#101C1B): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#000803): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Fern into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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